Bellows Definition
bĕlōz, -əz
noun
An apparatus for producing a strong current of air, as for sounding a pipe organ or increasing the draft to a fire, consisting of a flexible, valved air chamber that is contracted and expanded by pumping to force the air through a nozzle.
American Heritage
A device that produces a stream of air through a narrow tube when its sides are pressed together: used in pipe organs, for blowing fires, etc.
Webster's New World
Something, such as the pleated windbag of an accordion, that resembles this apparatus.
American Heritage
Anything like a bellows, as the lungs, the compressible part of an accordion, etc.
Webster's New World
The lungs.
American Heritage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow.
Wiktionary
Origin of Bellows
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Middle English belowes from Old English belgas pl. of belg bhelgh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belw, a northern form of beli, from Old English belg
From Wiktionary
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